Rail-joint.



JOHN L. SQUIRE, OF MENOMONIE, WISQONSIN.

BAIL-JOINT. I

specificationof Letters latent. Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

' Application filed May 25, ms. ,Se'ria 1No. 30,389.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, JOHN L. Semen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Menomonie, in the; county of Dunn and 5 Stateof Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the followingis a specification.

The present invention relates to means for connecting the meeting ends of-two railway rails.

In carrying out my invention it is .my

purpose to provide rail engaging means W-wherein the base portion upon which the j rails lie will be of a materially greater L5 thickness than the remaining rail engaging elements of thesame, and further wherem the vertical plates which contact with the sides of the rail shall be beveled or inclined upon their outer faces from their upper ZOI'raiI-head receiving. portions to their 1uncture with the flanged portionsowh ch over- "lie the base flanges of the rails, so that the base of said members will be of a' materially greater strength than the said upper and v rail engaging portions to permit of, the

yieldability f he. said upper portions so that the same may be snugly arranged into contact with the said underfaces of the rail --and also to "permit of the said members gradually increasing in strength from the juncture of said flanged portions which, as stated, overlie the flanges of the rails.

With the above and other objects in view, 4 the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in'the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

40 view of two rails connected in accordance with the present invention, and Fig. 2 1s a transverse sectional viewthrough the same."

Referring now to the drawings in detail,

, the numerals 1-1 designate two' ra ls of 45,the ordinary construction connected in ac- -'cordance with my invention.

My connectingmeans chair members, each comprisinga base 2 which is of a materially greaterthickness and consequently of a greater strength than the reniainder of the device. The base 2 of each of the members ofithe chair ad]acent its outer longitudinal edge 15 formed with a vertical extension 2' of a materlally includes a pair of -.extendi;1g downwardly into contact with less width' thanthat of the base, and-formed as integral with the said extension 2" and pro- 'viding an extension therefor is an angular plate 3, which isadapted to overlie the base flanges of the rails. Each of the flanges 3 comprises a comparatively thin plate, andto add to the yieldability thereof I channel the said flanges 3 upon their underfaces throughout their length as indicated by the characters 3. The edges of the base 2' projecting beyond the portions 2 of the overlying flanges 3 are notched, as at 4, to permit of v the heads of spikes contacting with the comparatively thin flanges to compress the same towardthe rails.

Arising vertically from the inner longitudinal edges of the plates 3 which overlie the-base flanges of the rails 1, are vertically disposed plates 5, the inner faces of said plates being straight and the inner corners of the, plates are formed with longitudinally extending ribs 3. Theouter faces of the vertical members 5 from the upper edges thereof'are beveled or inclined downwardly and outwardly to their juncture with the flanges.

The plates 5 as well as the webs of the railsare provided with the usual holes for the reception of the ordinary securing ele- Ifnents in the nature of bolts and nuts thereor. Y

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains v without further detailed description. In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective- I claim is:

Thecombination with a railwayrail, of a chair comprising a pair of similarly formed members each consisting of a thickened base portion, an upwardly and laterally extending and'thinner flange disposed over the base portion to receive the base of the rail therebetween, a vertical and 'up wardly tapering web portion on the free. end of the flange, a .ribformed at the jun c ture of the web portion with the flange and the upper face of'the-rail base, said flange beingspaced abov'e the base of the raiLbetween the said rib and" the upwardly exv tending portion of the flange, said chalrmember being formed with spike receiving portion against thebase of the rail at points ad acent the said notches.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oftwo itnesses.

JQHN L. semen.

Witnesses ROBERT HEIDnN, WIILIALL 0. LINE. 

